Always a good day when the Yanks win and the Sux lose.
Was it stranger to see the A's sweep the White Sox, or the M's sweep the Angels? I say the M's sweep since the A's have been playing better as of late.
Mid-season predictions (or just some random thoughts):
- Derrek Lee will just miss out on the Triple Crown by not winning the RBI title. Carlos Lee will continue his pace because he has better hitters in front of him like Brady Clark and Rickie Weeks.
- The AL wildcard will NOT come out of the AL East. That's just a gut feeling more than anything, as the Twins and Indians are much better than the White Sox are making them look by having a big lead in the division.
- There will be 358 columns written in newspapers, magazines, and websites about how bad the NL West is. Not that I disagree.
- Barry Bonds won't come back this year. Again, more of a hunch but why would he consider it? The Giants are 37-50 at the break, and certainly will be looking to get rid of guys like Jason Schmidt, Omar Vizquel, etc. Who knows if he'll have another setback between now and mid-August and if he does there's just no reason to risk throwing him out in LF.
- Greg Maddux won't get to 15 wins for the first time since 1987. Now I hope this doesn't happen because it's a hell of a streak, but his ERA is around 5 as we speak and run support can be an issue with the Cubbies (with the exception of Sunday's game).
- Jason Giambi will have a productive 2nd half and will once again be a fixture in the Yanks lineup. I hope. At least he's on the right track.
- Someone will hit a line drive off of Curt Schilling's forehead. I hope.
- The Braves will win the NL East again. I know I know, the Nationals had a great first half, but I'm not picking against the Braves until they give me reason to, and that hasn't happened since 1990.
- The Astros will make a move to get another bat in their lineup and make the playoffs. For their sake, they better not be thinking Kevin Millar is that bat.
- The Red Sux will fold down the stretch and the Yanks will take the division. Now obviously I'm biased but even if I wasn't a Yanks fan I would still be leaning that way. The Sux had their year last year; now it's time things got back to normal.
The Yanks will win the Series. I hope.